The quality of a decision is kind of an unknown. Most decisions aren't like going through a traffic intersection, where we've all agreed to what the rules of the road are. We have this cognative chain saw that cuts off all the other possible branches of the tree and we're only left with the thing that happened. On top of that, as you talk about this kind of determinism problem, we also get hind sight by us. And they're related, which is, if something happens a particular way, we feel like we should have seen it coming. It had to be that way, that was the only outcome that could have occurred.
In this episode of Infinite Loops we spoke with Annie Duke, former professional poker player, decision-making expert, and best-selling author. Her latest book is How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices, which was released this week. In this conversation, we cover:
- COVID-19 and decision-making
- Resulting and the 2016 election
- What drove Annie to write her new book
- Writing as a powerful tool for testing your knowledge
- And MUCH more.
Follow Annie on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AnnieDuke , and find her new book here https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593418484?tag=randohouseinc13176-20.